Women and girls groups to benefit from leadership programme
Derren Hayes
Monday, April 30, 2018
A training and development programme for existing and future leaders in organisations supporting women and girls has been launched.
The programme, run by training organisation Clore Social Leadership, aims to nurture leaders within the sector by helping them forge new collaborations which will boost the support provided to vulnerable women and girls.
The first year of the programme will see 20 senior leaders from within the sector undertake a four-month leadership programme starting in September, with a further 24 emerging leaders commencing a six-month development programme from October. Participants will learn about the attributes, behaviours and skills for successful leadership.
The programme is being delivered in partnership with funders including Comic Relief, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Pilgrim Trust, and Rosa, The UK Fund for Women and Girls.
A fundraising campaign is currently underway to secure funds for the second year of the programme, planned for spring 2019 which will engage a further 24 emerging leaders from women and girls organisations across the UK.
Clore Social Leadership said the programme will help develop participants' resilience so they can better support beneficiaries.
Shaks Ghosh, the organisation's chief executive, said: "As we celebrate 100 years of women's suffrage the time is right to build a generation of social leaders to take the movement forward.
"This bold programme will engage more than 60 emerging and senior leaders through a series of coordinated interventions that focus on boosting leadership capability, whilst tackling some of the key issues affecting women and girls sector organisations."
The four-month existing leaders course is aimed at those with six to 10 years' experience as a leader in the women and girls sector.
The emerging leaders course requires participants to have three to six years' experience.
A hardship fund has been created to cover the £500 course fee for participants working in organisations with an annual income less than £200,000.
The deadline for applications is 29 May.
Earlier this year, Clore Social Leadership's youth sector leadership programme was extended for a second year.
